diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/docs_ci.yml
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+name: CI test docs
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - docs/**
+
+jobs:
+  docs:
+      name: Build docs
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      steps:
+        - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        - run: echo "cache_id=$(date --utc '+%V')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        - uses: actions/cache@v4
+          with:
+            key: mkdocs-material-${{ env.cache_id }}
+            path: .cache
+            restore-keys: |
+              mkdocs-material-
+        - run: pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
+        - run: mkdocs build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs_deploy.yml
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rename from .github/workflows/docs.yml
rename to .github/workflows/docs_deploy.yml